Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.